Image source, Getty ImagesLuis Sinisterra scored as Bournemouth beat Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in their first home pre-season friendly.
What did you learn from this game, Bournemouth fans?
Bournemouth are considering Aston Villa forward Cameron Archer, 22, as a potential replacement if Dominic Solanke is sold to Tottenham. (Football.London), external
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Earlier, we asked for your views on Bournemouth's new away kit.
Here are some of your comments:
Clive: Love the shirt, just hope the retro movement doesn't go as far back as the pizza restaurant tablecloth home kit.
Tim: Why do clubs have these awful away strips? Bournemouth’s may be OK for beachwear but it is not a football shirt.
Bosseli: As long as they win when they wear it, that's enough for me!
Yusuf: I like this kit a lot, the blue and green go really well especially with the white and I can't wait to see us with this kit next season.
Image source, AFC BournemouthBournemouth have released their 2024-25 away kit, with inspiration taken from a once divisive classic early 90s shirt that is now popular with supporters.
The club said: "The once controversial kit has become a staple amongst the Cherries fan base and the purple and green combination is reimagined here against a white base to provide yet another striking combination which will be worn during away matches in the upcoming season."
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Image source, Getty ImagesNew signing Dean Huijsen believes Bournemouth can "beat the record" Premier League points total achieved by Andoni Iraola's side last season.
The Cherries finished 12th on 48 points in Iraola's first campaign in charge despite a shaky start in which they did not win any of their first nine games.
"I think we can have a really good season ahead," Huijsen told the club's media team in his first interview since arriving from Juventus.
"I think we can beat the record with the team we have. So far we've kept all our key players so I'm really excited. Hopefully we can strive to push for something.
"The club is really going upwards. I hope in the next years we can maybe achieve European football and just progress as a club.
"The team play really exciting football. Really progressive, forward football.
"As a club, the coach and the directors gave me a really good feeling. I spoke to him [Iraola] and we had a really good talk so I'm really excited and happy."
Hiujsen, 19, spent last season on loan at Roma and believes the education he has received in Serie A has prepared him well for the rigors of the Premier League.
"Defensively I've improved a lot from when I arrived at Juventus at 16," he added.
"Italy is famous and they really teach you the ins and outs of defending, where to stand and how to run. I think I can take that here and help the team.
"I'm a defender that is really good on the ball. I score quite a lot for a defender. I like playing forward, attacking football. That's how the team plays so I am excited."
Image source, AFC BournemouthThe Cherries will wear a "special commemorative kit" for their first home game of the Premier League season against Newcastle United on Sunday, 25th August to mark 125 years of AFC Bournemouth.
The kit will feature an anniversary crest to celebrate two key milestones - their 125th anniversary and a decade since the Cherries were promoted to the Premier League for the first time in their history.
The club will also be releasing a bespoke "1899-2024 range" and a limited amount of boxed commemorative shirts that feature the match date and opposition in the centre of the shirt.
Pat Nevin
Former footballer and presenter
Image source, Getty ImagesPlayers like Manchester United’s Rasmus Hojlund are already suffering from hamstring injuries two weeks before the season even starts - and they say the modern preparation regimes are better, safer and more scientific!
They probably are better. At least the players do not have to go through some of the borderline sadistic routines that previous generations did. Back then, after a decent length of summer break, pre-season meant working incredibly hard over a short period of time to get yourself back in top condition fast.
Sprinting up and down gigantic sand dunes against the clock until many players were physically sick was de rigueur, alongside other road runs and track work.
Here is the weird part: I used to look forward to that, the way a class swot looks forward to exams. Being smaller, lighter and a committed long-distance runner all my young life, even before I became a pro footballer, it was, if not exactly a piece of cake, then certainly much easier for me than most of the rest of the team.
I have asked many modern managers what they would prefer to do in a perfect world during their pre-season. The most common answer is "just about anything other than what we are forced to do now!"
